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Post pics of your watches Part II
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Following on from Ads by Google's link to the reddit post on what your watch says about you: Omega: You are intimately familiar with all 12 manned Apollo missions. I am and even have a fair chunk of memorabilia from that era, but this is my only Omega and it's just a little after all that.
I still think if a cyberman from Doctor Who wore a watch it would be this one.
Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Following on from Ads by Google's link to the reddit post on what your watch says about you: Omega: You are intimately familiar with all 12 manned Apollo missions. I am and even have a fair chunk of memorabilia from that era, but this is my only Omega and it's just a little after all that.
My favorite , maybe someday :cool:
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Oh you've definitely got first dibs IP. Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Battery change yesterday.
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Bulova who made the Accutron, when quartz came along cleverly adapted an Accutron movement to take a quartz module, so very smooth sweeping seconds hand. And buzzing. Those teeny screws at the top left was how you regulated the +/-. Nightmare. Luckily this one is spot on. Under a minute a year. Note how the "silicon chip" has the manufacturing date on it as was the fashion in them days. 38th week of 1974.
Stuck in traffic...
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Accuquartz 1975 centenary edition. NOS when I got it. Funky strap and all, but I swapped that for a NOS suede one(70's baby!). The blue dial is brushed and lovely, but hard to get a decent pic of. One handed. Waiting for lights to change.
That is an utter beauty
I have in the last few years really grown a fondness for Bulova
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Thanks NY. They're pretty "cool" in a weird way.
The centenary edition versions with that tuning fork shaped case don't come up so often. The quartz ones even less and good condition can be hard to find. The best bet is to reduce your ebay search to EU only. They were particularly popular in Italy. American sales and collectors pay much more as American Bulova collectors make Rolex fans look blase.
Here's one like mine, minus the strap and with some "patina" on the dial. The blue in 70's watches didn't stand up to strong sunlight or damp so well. Nigh on 700 euro? Eh nope. Not unless values have risen recently? Going on values last time I looked a centenary example should run between 300 for a clearly worn one, to around 500ish for New old stock example with the correct strap and buckle, an Accutron version with the steel bracelet, naked movement in NOS condition more like 700.
My gold version.
Had to catch em all.
Actually I think I still have a third example in my spares box. Wrong dial, but the case and all the gubbins. I'll have a look tomorrow for you.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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I picked this up last week. It seems to divide opinion but I’m loving it so far (would prefer it to not have the rivet bracelet but you don’t notice it on the wrist). It felt a bit small initially but looks normal now I’ve had it on a few days.
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Thanks NY. They're pretty "cool" in a weird way.
The centenary edition versions with that tuning fork shaped case don't come up so often. The quartz ones even less and good condition can be hard to find. The best bet is to reduce your ebay search to EU only. They were particularly popular in Italy. American sales and collectors pay much more as American Bulova collectors make Rolex fans look blase.
Here's one like mine, minus the strap and with some "patina" on the dial. The blue in 70's watches didn't stand up to strong sunlight or damp so well. Nigh on 700 euro? Eh nope. Not unless values have risen recently? Going on values last time I looked a centenary example should run between 300 for a clearly worn one, to around 500ish for New old stock example with the correct strap and buckle, an Accutron version with the steel bracelet, naked movement in NOS condition more like 700.
My gold version.
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Had to catch em all.
Actually I think I still have a third example in my spares box. Wrong dial, but the case and all the gubbins. I'll have a look tomorrow for you.
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Pablo_Flox wrote: »If you got it on seriouswatches.com they are great to deal with. The packaging when it arrives is super, and they sometimes include chocolates etc. in the box.
That’s where I bought it from. I was reluctant to say as it was my first post.
I had originally wanted the 1011 (black) or the 1012 (James Cameron) but both were out of stock. The classic-ish 1014 (blue) looked great in the video reviews I’d seen.
I spotted a Helberg CH1 yesterday during my search for 1014 reviews. The 6000m water resistance is almost essential for my desk job 0 -
Iguarantee wrote: »Stumbled upon the forum this week.
I purchased an OceanX SHARKMASTER SMS1014 last night, I got a shipping notification this morning.
Very much looking forward to getting such a hefty watch and seeing the quality. The previous post with the James Cameron homage was what pushed me to get one of my own.
Best of luck with the watch and welcome to the forum. Nice to see that for once one of my photos wasn't so bad as to deter peopleIguarantee wrote: »I had originally wanted the 1011 (black) or the 1012 (James Cameron) but both were out of stock.
The 1012 is always out of stock. These sell second hand for pretty the full new price on the likes of eBay and even on TZ, where they are typically snapped up immediately when they come up for sale. I've never seen anything like it over there.0 -
Best of luck with the watch, nice to see that for once one of my photos wasn't so bad as to deter people
The 1012 is always out of stock. These sell second hand for pretty the full new price on the likes of eBay and even on TZ, where they are typically snapped up immediately when they come up for sale. I've never seen anything like it over there.
I saw it in stock on two other sites, both €399. Neither site instilled confidence that I’d get it any time soon, not sure why I felt that but from the YouTube reviews and the seriouswatches website I was quite happy. Ultimately the colour isn’t the deciding factor in the deal, I think it’s just me projecting how I want to be perceived by people if that makes any sense. That’ll diminish over time.
I’ll put up some photos when I get it. Do people care about the packaging? Should I include photos?
When I was a kid a friend of the family had many watches. Really eccentric guy too. From what I can remember (25+ years ago) one of them had the gas release valve which fascinated me. From memory it was a Rolex with a black dial.
I’m now a mechanical engineer by trade, primarily working with 3D printed titanium. I’ve seen people mention the “tool” aspect of some watches. That’s exactly why I like these size and type of watches.
Will I ever be 30m below the surface never mind 300m? Who knows! At least my watch will be prepared if I ever do dive down 0 -
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I just finished putting this together. It's a Chinese case, handset and dial with an ETA Unitas 6497 movement.
As expected, I butchered it a bit - I knocked the lume out of the second hand and scratched it up a bit too. I found the second hand quite hard to mount, as the pinion is just so small. I'll pretend the skeletal second hand is deliberate though. I also think I may have trimmed the crown stem a tiny bit too far, so will see how it winds later on.
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@Eoin: fair play, mate.
That is not a bad result at all.
I was patting myself on the back for fitting a new bracelet and a bezel insert.
I have come to greatly appreciate a sterile dial too, especially with its military connotations.0
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